Beautiful Music for Ugly Children

This wasn't a home run for me. I didn't mind reading the story, but I wasn't deeply engaged in the story either. I found it implausible that the main character, Gabe, would have a radio show with a cult following based on the music played and his DJ patter. There'd be no particular reason his show would stand out, and yet the reader is to believe that a group would form motivated enough to perform task Gabe asks of them.

I would have loved to believe this aspect, but it would have needed to be based on less generic song choices and Gabe being more engaging.

???Welcome, welcome, to Beautiful Music for Ugly Children right here on community radio, 90.3, KZUK. I???m Gabe, your host, and tonight is a tribute show???to radio. You heard me right???radio, in all its craziness. Where would I be without radio? Nowhere. To start us off, let???s hear one of the masters himself, Elvis Costello, along with the Attractions, with ???Radio, Radio.???

He gives me one more pat. ???It???s not so unusual to be a triangle these days. Look at Chaz Bono. He was even on Dancing with the Stars.??? John shakes his head. ???Hope he doesn???t do to his face what his mother???s done to hers.???

In spite of the shakes, I laugh. ???Cher is gross.???

I grab a copy of The Marvelous Sonny and Cher. ???This, on the other hand, could be used as a Frisbee, a dinner plate, or a dog poop scoop.???